The Kular Range (russian: хребет Кулар, ''Khrebet Kular''; sah, Кулар сис, Kular Sis) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the

Eveno-Bytantaysky National District Eveno-Bytantaysky National District (russian: Эве́но-Бытанта́йский национа́льный улу́с; sah, Эбээн-Бытантай улууһа, ''Ebeen-Bıtantay uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha ...

of the Sakha Republic,

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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. This range is one of the places in Yakutia where

yedoma Yedoma (russian: едома) is an organic-rich (about 2% carbon by mass) Pleistocene-age permafrost with ice content of 50–90% by volume. Yedoma are abundant in the cold regions of eastern Siberia, such as northern Yakutia, as well as in Alas ...

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Geography

The Kular Range extends in an arch north of Batagay-Alyta to the NE for about , west and NW of the

Bytantay River The Bytantay (russian: Бытантай; sah, Бытантай) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Yana, and is long, with a drainage basin of . Course The river begins in the eastern flank of t ...

and west of the

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, after it joins that great river. In the northeast rise the

Kyundyulyun The Kyundyulyun ( rus, Кюндюлюн or Горы Кюндюлюн; sah, Күндүлүн) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airport is Ust-Kuyga Airport, located in Ust-Yansky Distr ...

mountains, a prolongation beyond the Yana River and to the southeast the

Yana Plateau The Yana Plateau ( rus, Янское плоскогорье, sah, Дьааҥы хаптал хайалара) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Google Earth The plateau lies in an uninhabited ar ...

. The highest point of the Kular Range is an unnamed high summit. It is one of the main subranges of the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...

system. To the west it is limited by the

Omoloy River The Omoloy (russian: Омолой sah, Омолой) is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Laptev Sea east of the river Lena. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the Sakha (Yakutia) adm ...

valley, beyond which rises the

Sietinden Range The Sietinden Range (russian: Сиетиндэнский хребет; sah, Сиэтэндэ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.intermontane basin Intermontane is a physiographic adjective formed from the prefix " inter-" (''signifying among, between, amid, during, within, mutual, reciprocal'') and the adjective "montane" (inhabiting, or growing in mountainous regions, especially cool, moi ...

s in its middle part. Rivers

Baky The Baky (russian: Бакы; sah, Бакы) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the northern tributaries of the Yana. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic C ...

and

Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur The Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur (russian: Улахан-Кюэгюлюр; sah, Улахан Күөгүлүүр, ''Ulaxan Küögülüür'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river has a l ...

have their source in the range. The

Yana-Indigirka Lowland The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (russian: Яно-Индигирская низменность; sah, Дьааҥы - Индигир намтала) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Admini ...

lies to the northeast.

Ulakhan Sis Range

Near the northern end of the Kular Range, at —about north of the Arctic Circle, there is a branch of the main range running northwards named Ulakhan Sis. It is about long and its highest point is . The Yana River meanders northwards east of the Ulakhan Sis Range and beyond it rises the Magyl-Tasa Massif. Google Earth

Khayrdakh Ridge

The Khayrdakh Ridge (russian: Хайырдахский кряж sah, Хайыырдаах томтороот) is a smaller subrange of the Kular Range located between the lower course of the Bytantay and the Baky. Kular Range - ONC C-6

Flora

The mountains are covered with

mountain tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...

and in the valleys with

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains fur ...

forests and tundra.

References

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